STOCK CAR RACING 1977 MAR - MARCIS, PETTY, TROYER

 

Within this issue you will discover the following topics:

1)   300 MODIFIED MILES LATER - It was Maynard Troyer in victory lane, it was the end of the Trenton Race of Champions, it was the end of the budget modified.

2)   WORLD 100 - In 1971, when Earl Baltes started the race, it was just another end-of-the-season feature; it's moved beyond its own potential.

3)   THE SCHMIDT'S 200 - A long-distance event at the Reading Fairgrounds, with Dick Tobias in the winners circle sort of fitting.

4)   THANKS, I NEEDED THAT - Richard Petty very badly needed a win if he was to maintain his title of The King; he found it where he found his first 76 win.

5)   SUNSHINE THE THIRD TIME - The Fourth Annual World Service Life 300 got rained out twice, but when they finally got it off, it was the best ever.

6)   THE MIDWEST 300 - When Jerry Makara and Thrush got together at the beginning of the season, it was a marriage made in victory lane.

7)   LOW MAN OUT - Dave Marcis had a new, unique, unusual, confounding strategy for the Dixie 500: find a new way around Atlanta International Raceway.

8)   THE HALLOWEEN 500 - Action as usual as the sportsman and modifieds meet for a last fling at the Martinsville Speedway white walls.

9)   THE PETTY OPEN HOUSE - Organized to benefit charity, the 1976 edition was a pleasant gathering despite the rain.

10)   BIG NAZARETH MEETS DEATH - The big track is deserted and in a state of ruin that shouldn't happen to a discarded tin can.

11)   LITTLE NAZARETH LIVES & THRIVES - Down the grassy hill from the dead big track, the half-miler keeps dirt-trackin' modifieds alive.

12)   SAL TOVELLA - A man who accomplishes things quickly, it took until 1975 before Tovella turned on in the USAC stockers.

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